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Paddy's Chile Verde

Total Time
1h 35m
27m prep · 68m cook
Servings
4 people
Rating
Difficulty
Hard
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🌱 Vegan 🥬 Vegetarian 🌾 Gluten-Free 🥛 Dairy-Free 🥜 Nut-Free ✡️ Kosher

One Easter I was unable to find a leg of lamb to roast, as is traditional in my family. The best I could find was chunks of lamb, in my local Mexican market. So I decided to defy tradition and use the ingredients around me. Best Irish-Mexican Easter EVER! Serve with toasted flaked almonds, crumbled cotija cheese, and homemade croutons.

Ingredients

  • 4 pounds fresh tomatillos , husks removed
  • 2 large onions , keep the skin on
  • 2 poblanos peppers
  • 1 head garlic
  • 3 chipotles peppers in adobo sauce
  • 2 , 12 fluid ounce
  • 1 tablespoon ground cumin
  • 1 tablespoon salt
  • 1 tablespoon ground black pepper
  • 4 tablespoons vegetable oil
  • 4 pounds cubed lamb stew meat

Instructions

  1. 1

    Preheat the oven's broiler and set the oven rack about 6 inches from the heat source.

  2. 2

    Arrange the tomatillos, onions, poblano peppers, and garlic on a baking sheet.

  3. 3

    Cook the vegetables under the broiler until the skins are charred on the side facing the heater elements; turn the vegetables and continue cooking until equally charred, 3 to 5 minutes per side.

  4. 4

    Remove and discard the root and outer skin from the onion and garlic; remove and discard the stem and seeds from the peppers.

  5. 5

    Working in batches, combine some of the tomatillos, onion, poblano peppers, garlic, chipotle peppers in adobo sauce, lager-style beer, cumin, salt, and pepper in a blender to about half full. Holding the lid in place, pulse a few times to get the mixture moving before leaving the blender on to puree to a smooth texture; pour into a slow cooker.

  6. 6

    Heat the oil in a large saucepan. Cook and stir the lamb cubes in the hot oil until browned on all side, about 5 minutes; transfer to the slow cooker.

  7. 7

    Cook on High for 4 hours.

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